Died in jail or a lockup

Name not reported

25 years old · Hill County, Texas

A 25-year-old Black man was held at the jail in Whitney, Texas, when a mob of vigilantes took him from it and lynched him. According to the report, his body was also mutilated after he was killed. The account gives the date only as recent.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Source

The Iowa Plain Dealer, July 3, 1884, page 4 The Iowa Plain Dealer, July 3, 1884

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